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APRS station KB9VKQ-9 - show graphs
Comment: 147.570MHz Brian Mobile kb9vkq@kb9vkq.com
Mic-E message: In service
Location: 38°59.47' N 88°57.22' W - locator EM58MX57NV - show map
6.2 miles Southwest bearing 246° from Saint Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois, United States [?]
7.8 miles East bearing 74° from Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois, United States
67.0 miles Southeast bearing 146° from Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
71.5 miles East bearing 69° from Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Last position: 2025-01-31 18:32:56 EST (6h6m ago)
2025-01-31 17:32:56 CST local time at Saint Elmo, United States [?]
Altitude: 640 ft
Course: 81°
Speed: 5 MPH
Device: Yaesu: FTM-400DR (rig)
Last path: KB9VKQ-9>S8UY4W via WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,KB9VKQ (good)
Positions stored: 27107
Packet rate: 138 seconds between packets on average during 1519 seconds.
Other SSIDs: KB9VKQ-13 KB9VKQ KB9VKQ-15 KB9VKQ-7 KB9VKQ
Stations near current position of KB9VKQ-9 - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
KB9VKQ-150.0 yards 0°2025-01-20 19:44:34 KB9VKQ26.2 yards 142°2025-02-01 00:26:42
AB9YG-962.8 yards 165°2025-01-19 13:40:54 KB9VKQ-130.7 miles 69°2025-02-01 00:36:11
KC9VJQ-130.7 miles 69°2025-01-25 08:04:24 KB5VKQ-130.7 miles 69°2025-01-27 02:20:58
WE9BJS-95.8 miles 75°2025-01-15 16:14:10 KC9VKQ-1311.8 miles 3°2025-01-06 03:33:47
KB9TZQ-R13.3 miles 322°2025-01-04 00:13:53 KB9TZQ-D13.3 miles 322°2025-01-21 18:22:53
KB9TZQ-N13.3 miles 322°2025-01-31 19:04:03 KN9BPF-713.4 miles 261°2025-01-26 09:13:17
KB9TZQ-Y13.4 miles 323°2025-01-26 10:28:23 W9KXQ-1018.2 miles 267°2025-01-31 23:50:35
AD9OV-819.9 miles 271°2025-02-01 00:32:47 FW019020.7 miles 84°2025-02-01 00:37:24
AD9OV-1023.6 miles 253°2025-02-01 00:00:46 N9YJY-1023.8 miles 69°2025-02-01 00:37:57
N9YJY8-1023.8 miles 69°2025-01-27 07:09:55 N9YJY-423.9 miles 69°2025-01-29 19:06:02
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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